The Most Reverend

Juan Alonso y Ocón
Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchbishop of La Plata o Charcas
In office1651–1656
PredecessorPedro de Oviedo Falconi
SuccessorGaspar de Villarroel
Orders
Consecration1638
by Diego Castejón Fonseca
Personal details
Born21 March 1597
Villa de Ocón, Spain
Died12 October 1656 (1656-10-13) (aged 59)
Yucatán
NationalitySpanish
Previous post(s)Bishop of Yucatán (1638–1642)
Bishop of Cuzco (1642–1651)

Juan Alonso y Ocón (21 March 1597 – 12 October 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas (1651–1656), Bishop of Cuzco (1642–1651), and Bishop of Yucatán (1638–1642).[1][2]

Biography

Juan Alonso y Ocón was born in Villa de Ocón, Spain.[2] On 14 June 1638 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Yucatán.[1][2] He was consecrated bishop by Diego Castejón Fonseca, Bishop Emeritus of Lugo with Miguel Avellán, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, and Timoteo Pérez Vargas, Bishop of Ispahan, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 3 November 1642 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on 31 August 1643 by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cuzco.[1][2] On 2 April 1651 he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of La Plata o Charcas where he served until his death on 12 October 1656.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 375, 171, and 282. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Archbishop Juan Alonso y Ocón" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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